Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 16, 1911, Page 1

VOLUME 9. NUMBER 15. 2-POUND-DAY COW FOUND NEAR HERE “Bess” is Her Name and"She Sets Ex- traordinary Record in the Sch- roeder Herd. EIGHTEEN QUARTS MILK DAILY Has Been Going at This Rate Since December, But Denies Titled An- cesters, MORE THAN DOUBLE AVERAGE Declares She Always Keeps On Giving Milk Until the Milker Gets Cramps. “Bess” is her name and she never did and never will take any prizes for being handsome, but “Bess” has found time, in addition to chewing her cud, to give up two pounds of butter, Sunday included, every day sinee early last December. As may be suspected, “Bess” is a cow. She is one of 44 which have come to Beltrami county to live and give up more than one-half ton of milk seven days out of the week on the W. G. Schroeder farm, three and one-half miles west of Bemidji. No Ordinary Critter. When you stop to consider that the ordinary Bossie has hard work keeping her butter average up to a single pound, three-quarters of a pound is near it, you can begin to see that Bess is no ordinary critter, al- though she herself is modest about ber wonderful record. “Don’t make any fuss over me,” she said in language which showed cow culture, “I am just a plain destroyer of the contents of a silo. T cannot boast of my ancesters for no royal blood runs through my veins. 1am just cow that’s all, and my mission in life is to prove to the farmers up here that a cow is a cow, pedigree or no pedigree, and any fellow who says that isn’t so will soon change his mind after he has milked me a couple of times. 1 just keep on giving milk until the man who is milking gets milker’s cramps in his joints and stops.” Back on the Job. Here Bess reached over with her modern stanchion, took a sip of water and a nickle’s worth of feed which she proceeded to make into a quart- er’s worth of butterfat. “Bess” has a brindle complexion, is slightly above the averae height and gives ‘eighteen quarts of milk a day. There is one other cow in the Sch- roeder herd that is giving Bess a close run for the blue ribbon, but her average so far is slightly under two pounds a day. Bess has turned out 240 pounds of butter in 120 days. | The total daily output from the Schroeder farm is more than ome-| half ton. Each morning 500 quarts| is brought to the Schroeder store in| Bemidji where it is gobbled up at seven cents a quart. WOULD HELP DEITZ AGAIN Milwaukee Defense Committee Ready to Offer Assistance. Milwaukee, May 16.—*“If John Deitz wants us to go ahead we shall reor- ganize our Milwaukee Deltz defense committee at once,” said George Schultes, chairman of the committee. “We shall then hold a monster mass meeting and start raising funds with which to help him. All of the people who were against him from the be- ginning are for him, now that the ver- dict of the jury has been made. We will be able to raise a large amount of money for the defense. “I had a long talk with W. B. Rubin, and he told me that if Deitz wanter him to he would take charge of the case again. There is a lot about this Deltz case that the public don’t know all about. I could tell much if I want- ed to. I have a lot of letters from Deitz to me about if. If it is necessary I shall publish them in order to get ITASCA ROAD PLANNED Commercial Club Appropriates $150 and Like Amount From Automo- bilists is Assured. TWO. PETITIONS FOR STATE AID Bemidji is to have a direct auto- mobile road 33 miles in length, to the Itasca state park. This was decided yesterday at a meeting of the board of directors of the Commercial Club when W. A. Gould, on roads, reported that in a personal investigation he found that the road chairman of the committee to the park could be constructed at a cash outlay of only $300. The (lirectbrs at once voted to ap- $150 and given assurancds that the Bemidji Automible -Club would appropriate a like sum and that the work of put- ting the highway in shape would go forward at once. State Aid Sought. To make the road what it really should be from $1,000 to $1,500 would be needed and the board of directors decided to circulate a petition praying for this amount from the state under the provisions of the Dunn act. propriate they were A petition was likewise ordered circulated for state aid in complet- ing a roadway around Bemidji. Frank Arnold will draw these peti- tions and chairman Gould will see that they are properly circulated without delay. Mr. Gould indicated to the directors that the road around the lake probably cannot be built except with state aid. Finds the Road Good. Of the Bemidji-Itasca highway, Mr. Gould said that the investigating committee had made the trip in a automobile and had found the road good with the exception of three or four miles south of Becida. This stretch, he said, would need repair, especially the grading of a small hill. Stumps and stones also will have to be removed. Automobiles have beeen able to go to the park from Bemidji but the route has been unsatisfactory and took the machines a distance of 43 miles. The Gould machine left Itasca at 6 p. m. and coming over the new route, arrived in Bemidji at 9 p. m,, after having stopped along the way to permit signs to be posted. Here are the views of a prominent employe of the state who prefers that his name be not given. Thinks Something Should be Done. “It seems to me that the people of Bemidji ought to do something to make this road passable for auto- mobiles. There is, as I understand it, a good road from Bemidji to about three miles south of Fern Hill. That leaves only about three miles of road between Bemidji and Itasca Park that is not in’ good condition. From Itasca Park to Park Rapids the road is now in pretty good shape. “Last summer an automobile made a trip from Park Rapids to Weg- man’s on the north boundary of the Park in a hour and twenty minutes. That road will be further improved next summer. There are a good many people who would like to get through from Park Rapids to Bemidji if it were not for that little stretch of poor road. The accessibility of Itas- ca Park would not take anything away from the summer resort feat- ures of Bemidji. It would help the town considerably by opening up free travel between Bemidji and Park Rapids.” IOWAN: SLAIN IN HOBO CAMP Choked to Death by Alleged Robbers Near Sherburn, Minn. Fairmont, Minn,, May 16.—A. Case of Estherville, Ia, was found mur- dered in a hobo camp on the bank of a lake near Sherburn. He had been choked to death. The victim was six- ty-six years old and is suryived by a family. Robbery is supposed to have been the motive of the crime, Sherift Ward has a dragnet out for the mur- Justice for John Deltz.” SEPTIC TANK STILL ing Structure, Sewer Committee Shifts Task. NOW UP TO THREE EXPERTS Council Names One, Johnson Another Third. STREET WORK WAGES CHANGED Stoner Charts Bring $99— Month’s Fines $133. - Bemidji’s experiment with a sep- tic tank, the third to'be tried in the state, as a solution of ‘the sewerage problem, continues to be filled with perplexity and the fear continues to exist, that after having spent nearly $2,600, the tank may prove useless. Unwilling to assume the responsi- bility of accepting the tank in its present condition, fearing that it is not strong enough to withstand the 15 tons of pressure which would re- sult from placing the cover on it, Alderman Knute Roe, chairman of the sewerage committee, at a regu- lar meeting of the city council last night, reported that after the com- mittee had made a thorough investi- gation of the tank it did not wish to assume the responsibility of ac- cepting it although Mr. Roe’s report said the committee believed that it could be repaired. Final Investigation Ordered. The committee therefore proposed and the council accepted the pro- posal, that a committee of three— one to be appointed by the city, one by Tom Johnson, the contractor who built the septic tank, those two to name a third man—be appointed to investigate. the tank at once and make a definite report to the council. The council felt that the health of the city demands that prompt action be taken. The council decided to appoint City Engineer William Everett as its member of the committee and Mr. Johnson said that he would have his man at the court house this after- .noon. What The Report Says. The sewer committee’s complete report follows: “The undersigned, your committee, appointed to investigate the septic tank, beg leave to report that we did 80 on this day. “Having made a careful examina- tion of the inside, we have to report that from its general appearance, both inside and.out, and frem such examination as we made with an iron bar, the walls are in poor con- dition. It is possible, however, that the repairs suggested by the con- tractor, Mr. Johnson, can be made and the walls become as strong as they ‘were originally intended to be. “Not being practical contractors, nor used to handling cement, and de- sirous of doing exact justice between city and contractor, we therefore sug- gest a board of arbitration to be com- posed of three practical cement men, one to be selected by the contractor, one by the city, and they two to se- lect the third, and the decision of any two of such board of arbitration to be binding upon the other party. “We beg leave to further report that this board should be selected at once, and the work of the tank pro- ceed to completion without delay, no matter whether it means repairing the old or building a- new.” " The council, after thinking the proposition over for several weeks, decided to buy the city charts made by M. D. Stoner while he was city engineer. - Mr. Stoner wanted $100 and the council decided to give him $99. Alderman Bisiar voted, “No.” derers, but there is no tangible clue. PUZZLE FOR CITY| Unwilling to Accept Health Preserv- |" and These Two Choose the: | - Now to_Vary From $1.50 to $2.25—|. ‘ During the month ending May 6 FARMERS BUILD ELEVATOR Buy Lumber for 40,000 Bushel Struc- ture, After Having Formed Or- NEW BANK GOES .TO GULLY New towns on the 800 line continue to boom. Lumber hag- l;een pur- chased in Bemidji -£o»: the -erection learbrook of a 40,000 bushel grain elevator to be erected by the farmers in that vicinity on a co-oper- ative basis. At Gully—and wasn’t enough at, Gully a year ago at this there time to cause a locomotive to whistle —work began today on a creamery supported by 127 farmers and an- nouncement is made that Louis Lohn of Fosston is to establish a bank al- though the village already has one. 0. J. Weekley, one of the three ma- chine dealers of Gully, while in Be- midji had this to say: “Our village now has 12 new resi- dences; a population of more than 100, three general stores, three ma- chine sheds, a brick tank, and other business bufldings. In addition to the new bank and creamery, a new clothln‘g store is being erected. We have a hospital containing 15 pati- ents, some of them coming from the famous Mayo hospital at Rochester. During the spring I have sold three car loads of farm machinery and so many gasoline engines I couldn’t keep track of them.” At Clearbrook a decision to erect a grain elevator was reached after a meeting of the farmers who elected C. K. Bergland = president; Alfred Henderson, secretary; and Cashier Jenson, treasurer. Clearbrook also has decided to put in ten foot sidewalks. Dr. C. G. Forrest is building a residence and Hotel Clearbrook: is to be enlarged to twice its present size. _—_— the total amount, coming to the city by way of the municipal court from persons of convivial or other bad habits which bring about fines, was $133:50. 5 = E. K. Anderson had his liquor li- cehse renewed with Philip Gill and | George Rhea as signers of his bond. Cash Statement Accepted. The audlthlg -committee recom- mended, that the city’s financial statements presented last week by Treasurer Earl Geil and City Clerk “| George Stein and the council acted favorably upon this recommendation: In aneffort to get better sekvice, the council passed a motion made by Alderman Smart authorizing the street ‘commissioner to pay men ‘on street work from $1.50 to $2.25 a day instead of $2 straight as. h PUPILS SEEK FAIR PRIZES Country Schools Preparing Displays of Raffia Work—Other Products. Children from the rural schools are to enter their work for prizes at the Beltrami County F;lr next fall. While the fair premium list has not been issued, County Superintend- ent of Schools W. B. Stewart has al- ready notified several schools that the pupils are preparing work to be displayed at thefair, the list of ar- ticles including hand made baskets, sewing, display .maps, -drawings, paintings, illustrated lessons and other handiwork. Superintendent Stewart in speak- ing of the progress being made by the schools in industrial work, said: “While making my usual rounds of inspection I take especial interest in the work which is being done along industrial lines and I am truly surprised to notice the progress be- ing made. Raffia work and sewing are taken up by many of the students and for the most part are done out- side of school hours, but it is all of good quality.” COX TO TALK FIRE TO EDITORS New Forester Accepts Invitation to Park Rapids for June 9. William T. Cox, the newly appoint- ed state forester, is coming to nor- thern Minnesota to tell the people how to prevent forest fires and to ex- plain the new forestry law. ' He will speak at Park Rapids on June 9. The following letter, received by Secretary A. G. Rutledge, from Mr. Cox, who is still in Washington, is self explanatory: “I am in receipt of a letter from Dean Woods of the Agricultural col- lege informing me of the invitation to attend and address the meeting of the Northern Minnesota Editorial association at Park Rapids and Itasca Park. I shall arrange to attend and make a short talk on the subject, ‘Forest Fire Prevention and the New Forestry Law.’. I shall greatly ap- preciate meeting you and the other editors.” GERMAN RULER IN ENGLAND London, May 16.—Kalser Wilhelm of Germany, accompanied by the kaiserin, Princess Victoria Louise, Prince Joachim and five carloads of German notables and attendants, has arrived here for the unveiling of the memorial to the late Queen Victoria, the kaiser's grandmother, King George, Queen Mary, the Prince ot Wales, Princess Mary, the German ambassador and staff and a host of English and German notables met _the Teutonic royalties at the sta- tion. As the kaiser's visit is reckoned as purely private there was no guard of honor or military escort. ~ Thé drive to the palace was in sem state. Police lined ‘the route and mounted, scarlet coated grooms: head- ed the procession. S 2 The. kalser and kalserin, king and queen were in the front carriage, : i SELL 9070 BAGS POPCORN As Result Methodist Church Fund is Given Boost of $300 and Girls Will Have Window. SOLD BY SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS Enough sugar coated popcorn— technical name ' “crackerjack”—has bheen i ured and sold by the Bemidji Methodist Sunday class of Mrs. J. W. Naugle since Feb- ruary 11 last, to fill a car, a total of 9.070 bags, bringing in a cash re- turn of approximately $450 and out of this a few dollars more than $300 as clear profit will go toward build- ing the new First Methodist church the foundauonb of which already is up at Beltrami avenue and Ninth street. Mrs. Naugle has been assisted in making the crackerjack by Mrs. E. H. Denu, Mrs. Henry Funkley and Miss Mae Jones. There are 17 girls in the class all ranging around 14 years of age. They have sold the crackerjack on Saturdays. As a result of this unique method of raising funds, the new church will have a window to be known as the “Crackerjack window’ and will have the letters “C. J. C.” inscribed there- on. The girls have formed a perma- nent organization and adopted this yell: “Who are, who are, who are we? We are the members of the C. J. C. Crackerjack sold by the C. J. C. ‘Will build the Methodist church you see.” The sales each week for the 13 Saturdays were as follows: February 11, 358 bags; February 18, 587; February 25, 682; March 4, 808; March 11, 718; March 18, 726; March 25, 767; April 1, 829; April 8, 850; April 15, 821; April 22, 679; April 29, 614; May 12, 661. Last Saturday’s sales closed the crackerjack season for this spring but the class expects to continue the work next fall. school WARRANTS ARE RECALLED Postoffice Inspectors Will Placed Under Arrest. Fargo, N. D, May 16—It is an- nounced from the United States dis- trict “attorney’s office that the war- rants for the arrest of Postoffice In- spectors Egge and. Drake of Minneap- olis have been recalled and those gen- tlemen are seemingly exonerated from blame. f i, These warrants were issued by the Assistant United States attorney here ‘on the complaint of Carl Van Dyke of Not Be TEN CENTS PER WEEK. = — 1 |DECLARE IN FAVOR PAVING BONDS SALE First Set of Opinions From Represe; tative Citizens Are Boosts for Improvements. “LONG NEEDED,” SAYS JESTER Hotel Man Thinks Nothing Would Do City More Good Than Modern Streets. PIONEER TO PRINT MORE VIEWS Effort Will Be Made to Sound Public Pulse Before Election on Wed- nesday, May 31. Two weeks .from Tomorrow, Wed- nesday, May 31, the voters of Bemidji will decide whether the downtown streets of Bemidji are to be paved. If two thirds of those casting their ballots on that day favor the pro- posed issue of $20,000 worth of bonds the paving will go down on eleven blocks this summer. What Do You Think About It? In an effort to ascertain the feel- ing of representative business men and citizens on the subject, the Daily Pioneer is seeking interviews with fifty persons, and these interviews 4% hopes to run from day to day. Expressions from the following tend to show that the paving bond issue has some strong supporters, but there may be those who have-differ- ent views. We will print thém ail, - if given an opportunity: “Long Needed,” Says Al Jester. Al Jester, manager of the Rex Hotel: “There is nothing that the eity needs so much as it does paving. I have been an advocate of paving since it was first talked of and in my mind there is no doubt but what the bonds should carry. Fred Brinkman, owner of the Brinkman Hotel and Theatre, and other Bemidji property: “I paved in front of my place of. business last year, and under no con- dition would I now be without it. I favor voting for the $20,000 bonds.” Floyd Brown, merchant: “I am heartily in favor of voting for the bonds.” ..“Couldn’t Do A Better Thing.”.. Harry Reynolds, secretary of the Commercial club and secretary of the Bemidji Real Estate Exchange: “The residents of the city could not do a better thing. We have a good example of the cement pave- ment, and it has given complete sat- isfaction. Nothing, in my opinion, brightens up the appearance of a city as does pavement.” William McCuaig, merchant: “While I have not looked into the matter, I believe that to pave would be a great thing, and I endorse voting in favor of the bonds. International Gets $50,000 Hotel. International Falls is to have a modern 65 room hotel to be con- structed of -light colored brick with dark trimmings and with an interfor finish of tiling, stucco and marble. The building is to be erected by the Duluth Brewing company at a cost of $50,000. It is to be occupied October 1. CLUB ASKS FOR THE REWARD Clalms to Have Found Saloons Doing Business on Sunday. New York, May 16.—Mayor Gaynor a few days ago wrote to the pastor of a Brooklyn church: *“I will give $10 for evidence of traffic fn liquor on Sunday in any bar room.” St. Paul, ‘president of the RallwaysMail Clerks’ aszociation of the Tenth divi- sion. ¥ ’ Van Dyke complalned that the in Sunday ‘the Men’s club of Grace ‘Presbyterian church in Brooklyn set out to earn that $10. As & result of their detective’ work they reported that in two out of eighty-four saloons visited, liquor was' being .sold over - the ‘bar. Of the eighty-four saloons’ sixty-seven ing business leas i3t